Bell indicator board
Julius Sax
Category
Historic Services / Communications
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bakelite, Ceramic, Glass, Metal, Paint, Wood
Measurements
530 x 645 mm
Place of origin
Great Russell Street
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883302
Summary
Twenty-four-room bell indicator board, the rooms in four rows, each row with a red indicator, the wooden case has hook fastening top right and there is a white ceramic/bakelite button on right side. Glass of frame broken in two places. Room names in blue, a blue border with Julius Sax, Patentee, Gt. Russell St., London W.C. written above bottom line. Ceramic or bakelite?.
Provenance
unknown, but presumably acquired with the house when it was given to the National Trust by The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden in 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Twenty four room names in blue in four rows with JULIUS SAX PATENTEE GT. RUSSELL ST. LONDON W.C. above lower border.
Makers and roles
Julius Sax, patentee